Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Harms, Stevens Insititue of Technology; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

likely (4) to use this module again. Previous ASEE papers have shared detailedfindings on teacher impact and student learning.1, 2Five online short courses have been developed to provide teachers with the backgroundknowledge needed to insure successful implementation of the instructional modules and toincrease their experience in online collaboration. The courses deliver content through readings,videos and interactive assignments. Participating teachers engage in discussions that focus onstrategies for implementing the modules within their classrooms and in collaboration with otherschools. Three of the short courses; Core Concepts of Systems Engineering, Reverse Engineeringand Home Lighting for Developing Countries were piloted in November and

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

education experience and the speed at whichstudents would acquire necessary skills and concepts. In a skills intensive course such asMET257 ‘Casting Processes’, many ‘millennial’ students (1) are ill prepared. Specific skillsinclude operational safety (e.g. use of PPE) and operations (e.g. sand preparation, molding).The content of MET257 contains basic foundry processes such as ‘green sand’, and haslaboratory exercises in an on-site green sand foundry. A typical foundry process includesmanagement of the sand, as well as many tools (e.g. patterns, flasks) and equipment (e.g.furnaces, crucibles, test equipment). Overlaid on this complex environment are real safetyissues. A significant amount of time is allocated to both skill development and related

Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University; Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University; Brian Downs, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

respondents or 46.3% reported five or more courses. Respondentswere then asked to list the top three CAD/modeling/CAM/animation software packages used attheir educational institutions. This question was answered by 49 respondents or 87.5% of thetotal respondents. The variety of responses given by respondents covered programs dedicated tovarious disciplines within the field of technical/engineering graphics education (see Table 1). Page 15.100.5Table 1 Top Seven CAD/Modeling/CAM/Animation Software Packages used in Technical/Engineering Graphics Courses Software Frequency (n = 49) Mean %* AutoCAD

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University; Paul Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

structured and analytical techniques ofdecision making in industry and technology. The MS Tech students study one technical track insufficient depth to appreciate its methodologies and fundamental unresolved questions, andacquire a basis for life- long learning. Required courses for the program are established in: 1)Technology core, 2) required technical courses in the track area, 3) elective courses combiningbreadth of subject matter with specific study in depth, and 4) MS directed project focused onapplied research. Hands-on experience of cutting edge technology and the applied researchexperience are essential parts of MS in Technology program. Currently, the MS program isoffered in two tracks that are: 1) Information Technology/Advanced Computer

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Jose Yanez, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Ernesto Gramsch, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Roberto Santander, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Cecilia Richards, Washington State University; Robert Richards, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

International

manufacturing methods is enormous. For thisreason, many facilities and programs have been developed in educational institutions inthe US to introduce students to microfabrication methods [1-5]. Educating bothundergraduate and graduate students in microfabrication and batch manufacturingmethods is commonly seen as key to promoting US economic competitiveness, bycontributing to the talent base required by industry and by enhancing publicunderstanding of one of the key technologies shaping the industrial world.While many microfabrication facilities can be found in US colleges and universities,information about such facilities in educational institutions in Latin American is sparse. Itappears that extremely few such facilities exist and that very few Latin

Conference Session

Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Hatice Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Alina Duca, NCSU

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

performance, pre-requisiteknowledge and skills. Page 15.239.2IntroductionThe mathematics knowledge and skills gap encountered by undergraduate engineering studentswhen they enter engineering courses requiring the use of mathematics abilities which weretaught in the three semester calculus sequence has been well documented 1, 2, 3. However, there is'widespread agreement among academics and practicing engineers that a good grounding inmathematics is essential for engineers' 4. The challenge facing the engineering instructor is howto bring all students up to mathematical mastery level as quickly as possible at appropriate pointsduring the semester when

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Jane LeClair, Excelsior College; Arnie Peskin, Excelsior College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

nanotechnology cluster offering a complete range of functionalities in formation, energy,construction, environmental, and biomedical domains [1].Nanotechnology as a unified discipline has started receiving much attention after theestablishment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in early 2000. This majorinitiative resulted in significant funding for research in nanoscience and technology in the USAthrough a number of government agencies led by the National Science Foundation (NSF). TheNSF has also helped establishing nanoscience and engineering research centers at severaluniversities across the USA [2]. The university-based research is now generating significantintellectual property (IP) which is the basis for new startup ventures. In

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

required for Engineering Levels [1-3]; b) Part II addresses theOrganizational Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [4-6], and; c) Part IIIaddresses the Strategic Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [7-9]. The overallanalysis sets the foundation for building a coherent professional graduate curriculum and dynamiceducational process reflective of how experienced engineering professionals learn, grow, and create newtechnology in industry. This paper addresses Part II: the Organizational Leadership Function, Skills andActions that engineers must learn and develop from Group Leader, Functional Area Manager, SystemsEngineer through Technical Program Manager Levels [4-6

Conference Session

Communication in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Eichhorn, SUNY Oswego; Cara Thompson, SUNY Oswego; David Vampola, SUNY Oswego; Fritz Messere, SUNY Oswego; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

work avaluable reference for a very wide academic audience.1. IntroductionAdequate communication skills constitute a requirement for engineering program accreditationby ABET and an essential component of an engineer’s professional function. However, inmodern days, communication has exceeded its traditional verbal and written aspects.Technological advances in presentation, computers and the rise of the internet have allowedcommunication to incorporate presentation, technical, graphical, media, and artistic concepts aswell as communication techniques targeted to different audiences.Engineering curricula are already overburden and difficult and must conform to manyeducational and institutional constraints. Most states or institutions impose a

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

times to complete the laboratory tasks, they seemed to beenthusiastic about it and enjoy the challenges. Further effectiveness of this hands-oncurriculum is demonstrated in terms of student feedback, student performance in thecourse, and ABET outcomes assessment.2. Laboratory EquipmentThe course had 2.5 hours laboratory component to go along with two 50 min. theoryclasses. The students were given laboratory tasks during these lab sessions where theymanufactured different objects using a variety of equipment shown in Figures 1 – 12.Brief information about these equipment and the objects students made using them isgiven as follows.Figure 1 is a picture of stereo lithography (STL) equipment that uses a photosensitiveresin exposed to a computer

Conference Session

Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

McRae Banks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

worked well, what did not work well and should be changed, what was omitted and shouldhave been included, and what was included and should be eliminated.We made the decision not to promote the course actively in the first offering, thinking that asmall enrollment while we tested the structure and content would be most appropriate. Webelieved that the course would populate, probably in the range of 8-10 students, in both theengineering and science disciplines. In fact, only five engineering students enrolled in the course(1 MS Chemical Engineering, 3 MS Civil Engineering, 1 PhD Manufacturing Engineering), andone of them, the doctoral student, dropped out after the first week. Additionally, only one of theremaining students had any professional

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

addresses the skills continuum in three main parts: a) Part I addressesthe Direct Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [1-3]; b) Part II addresses theOrganizational Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [4-6], and; c) Part IIIaddresses the Strategic Leadership Skills and Actions required for Engineering Levels [7-9]. The overallanalysis sets the foundation for building a coherent professional graduate curriculum and dynamiceducational process reflective of how experienced engineering professionals learn, grow, and create newtechnology in industry. This paper addresses Part III: the Strategic Leadership Function, Skills andActions that the engineer must learn and develop at Director of Engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

fundamental changes starting with a comprehensive review toanalyze the course content and assessment results obtained from previous years. During thisprocess, some limitation factors were discovered such as- 1) The course contents were mainlytargeted for electrical engineering major, neglecting other engineering disciplines; 2) Too muchemphasis was placed on circuit analysis techniques with no “real world” context provided; 3)Laboratory activities were step-by-step and focused on verifying lecture content rather than ondiscovery of concepts; and 4) Computers and state-of-the-art simulation software were not usedor underutilized. Based on these observations, the course was revised with a completely new setof lab experiment focused on verifying

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hill, University of Detroit Mercy; Patricia Pena, Federal University of Minas Gerais

Tagged Divisions

International

foreign engineers available, the export of jobs is then driven bytheir lower cost. For example, eight young professional engineers can be hired in India for thecost of a single engineer in the United States4.The implications of these numbers for the engineering students of today are twofold: (1) studentsof today face much more international competition for jobs than they have in the past, and (2) aspracticing engineers they are much more likely to have to work with engineers from all over theworld. In order to prepare our students for this new environment, it is necessary that weeducators modify and improve their preparation. It is no longer enough that our students betechnically competent, they must excel as leaders, communicators, and

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Shepherd, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

skills, project management, engineering ethics and other relatedskills.1, 2 This paper focuses on the assessment of the curriculum improvement from these threenew courses.Various methods have been reported in the engineering education literature to assess theeffectiveness of the curriculum improvement. Dempsey et al. 3 presented using senior mini-projects instead of traditional senior capstone projects in electrical and computer engineeringcurriculum assessment. Ricks et al. 4 used student perceptions of their abilities and quantitativemeasures of student performance using both written assignments and laboratory assignments toevaluate the effective of a new embedded systems curriculum. Gannod et al. 5 described the gapanalysis and its impact on

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Alben, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Cheng Hsu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Page 15.42.2learned.Factors Influencing Capstone Design CoursesMultidisciplinary capstone design projects represent an integrative opportunity in a student’seducational journey as they transition from engineering education to practice. While capstonedesign courses can (and should) be challenging for students, assessment in the context of designprojects for instructors is especially challenging. This is due in part to the multiple learningobjectives involved which broadly include teamwork, communication and the design process.Figure 1 identifies many of the factors that have the opportunity to influence capstone designprojects. Noise Parameters • Team

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Gary Perks, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Shepherd, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

systemsrequiring custom printed circuit boards. The majority of electrical engineering programs teachbasic electronics laboratories using solderless prototyping boards and circuit analysis usingsimulation software such as PSpice. There is a different skill set needed to design a prototypecircuit as compared to designing and implementing an actual electronic device using PrintedCircuit Board (PCB) tools and techniques.1, 2 To fill the gap, several universities started todevelop electronic manufacturing laboratories and offer courses for electrical and computerengineering students.1, 3-9 But all of these courses are upper-division and most of them are Page

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anouk Desjardins, École Polytechnique de Montréal; Louise Millette, École Polytechnique de Montréal; Erik Bélanger, École Polytechnique de Montréal

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

to address the need for theinstitution to offer project courses. The Sustainable Development Capstone Project also providedan opportunity to address several graduate attributes desired by the CEAB2. These attributesinclude :1) Design :“An ability to design solutions for complex, open-ended engineering problems and to designsystems, components or processes that meet specified needs with appropriate attention to healthand safety risks, applicable standards, economic, environmental, cultural and societalconsiderations.“2) Team work and multidisciplinary work :“An ability to work effectively as a member and leader in teams, preferably in a multi-disciplinary setting. “3) The impact of engineering on society and the environment :“An ability to

Conference Session

Alternate Energy

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rongrong Chen, IUPUI; David Goodman, Indiana University Purdue Unversity Indianapolis (IUPUI); Afshin Izadian, IUPUI; Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Theintended outcome was to prepare our students with the multidisciplinary skills needed to meetthe challenges of the fast-growing energy economy.Following are examples of some of the hands-on projects used to introduce renewable energycourses to engineering technology students. Although the objectives for each individual projectwere different, the presented examples share common practices, including:(1) Students achieved a basic understanding of hardware or control systems by taking the coursesrelated to the assigned projects or/and conducting literature searches.(2) Students learned how to define specifications of hardware or control systems from the facultymembers with expertise in the field.(3) Students designed experiments to meet their project

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

are often overlooked or assumed by people espousing newteaching methods. But they are things that are necessary for faculty to do to connect with theirstudents. Other researchers have discussed some of these points, but often include suggestionsthat are more time-consuming than desirable for new faculty in a research environment.1-4 Kim5has some excellent suggestions that are echoed in this paper, but this paper provides additionalsuggestions. The suggested actions are things that build up the respect that students have fortheir teacher, and it is necessary for a teacher to have the respect of the students in order toconnect with and teach their students. So as to not add further work to the faculty member, thesepractices require little or no

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

could be e-mailed to an instructor. But as students could work onthe program at any time, immediate answers were not always available.Table 1 contains the number of students who participated in the on-campus and on-line versionsof the program in 2007 and 2008, and the number of students who participated in 2009. In 2008,there were two versions of the on-campus program, with one version containing more activitiesthan just the math instruction. While this may eventually impact graduation rates between thetwo sets of students, for this paper the math placement results will be combined as the format ofthe math instruction was very similar. It is also noted that each year, one student received APcredit for Calculus while participating in the program

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Post, Bradley University; Shankar Seetharaman, Bradley University; Sree Abimannan, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

additional wind tunnel testing. In the first semester of this project, studentteams built from 1-3 airfoils to test.The final glider each team builds will be made entirely out of foam, and the shape of the glidercan be determined by each team. They are limited only in that the overall dimensions must fitinto the launch mechanism, which was 28 inches wide. The students can design and build anyshape of fuselage they want, and they can select the length, chord, and aspect ratio of the wings.Students are responsible for ensuring the glider design is dynamically stable in pitch, yaw, androll. An additional constraint on the design is economic. Students are charged “Bradley Bucks”for all material used, and for the use of equipment, including the wind

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Jacquot, University of Wyoming; David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute; John Steadman, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, digital systems and real-time signal processing. Dr Steadman is currently Dean of Engineering at the University of South Alabama. E-mail: jsteadman@usouthal.edu Page 15.1089.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Standing and Traveling Waves on Transmission Lines: Getting it RightIntroductionIn the recent engineering education literature there have been numerous papers dealing withstrategies for teaching electrical transmission lines. These papers approach the assistance inteaching from two points of view. The first is the use of simple low-cost experiments todemonstrate the concepts 1-3 and the second

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in Engineering Technology Education & Administration: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

programs based onthe original CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) series that takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Theelectronics technician evaluates system performance and deals with system problems by eitherreplacing mal-functioning or defective sub-system components or up-dating or reprogrammingsystem software to bring the system back on-line (see Figure 1below for the block diagram of atypical electronics system). Figure 1 – Block Diagram of a typical modern electronic system (showing typical system sub-systems and the interconnections between them)Surface mount technology (SMT), multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs), and the on-goingtransition from board-level system technology to system-on-a-chip (SoC) technology have

Conference Session

Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pringle, Central Washington University; William Bender, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

determine if money was being saved. Data was obtained for March, April, and May of 2008and 2009. Electronic metering exists on all the transformers on campus. The electricalconsumption data is read directly from the meter in the form of kWh and stored in a computerdatabase. There are two transformers that feed power to the Hogue Technology Building. Datawas obtained from these two transformers for the prescribed time period.FMD also measures the amount of steam condensate that is pumped back to the central heatingplant from all the steam heated buildings on campus. This information can then be converted totherms (1 therm = 100,000 BTU’s). The amount of condensate that is pumped out of a buildingis directly proportional to how much steam the

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Benzley, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; Rollin Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

crucial for the engineering graduates of the future. This documentstated “. . . attributes needed for the graduates of 2020 . . . include such traits as strong analyticalskills, creativity, ingenuity, professionalism, and leadership.”1 In their follow-up report,Educating the Engineer of 2020, NAE encouraged engineering educators to incorporate moreeducation in the topics of leadership principles, professional ethical behavior, knowledge ofglobal technology issues, and understanding of the world’s cultures in order to facilitate workingin a global arena and engagement in civic activities.2 The popular author Thomas Friedman, inhis bestselling book The World is Flat3, effectively described the current state of globalizationand its effect on the

Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergey Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Reinhold Ludwig, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen Bitar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students interested in pursuing a minor in ECE. This paper reports onour method of teaching such a class that is particularly appealing to non-major students.In this paper we would like to share our experience thus far with colleagues who are teachingsimilar non-major classes. We intend to discuss the following traditional and rather non-traditional topics: 1. Analogies to mechanical engineering concepts 2. Current flow in DC circuits 3. Basic semiconductor (diode) theory - is it difficult? 4. Basic solar cell and thermoelectric engine 5. Laboratory materials 6. MATLAB and LabVIEW 7. Historical context 8. Video tutorials 9. Conclusions and assessment1. Analogies to mechanical engineering conceptsIn our

Conference Session

Including Engineering Economy in All Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leland Blank, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

Conference Session

Culture, Society, and Co-op

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Millward-Sadler, University of Applied Science, Graz; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Frank Newman, University of Graz

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

offered by the department of Vehicle Technologycovers eight semesters over a four year period for an undergraduate and is based on theprinciples of Project Based Learning (PBL), a theme which has been elaborated upon inprevious ASEE conference papers (Bischof et al., 2007; Bratschitsch et al., 2009).Briefly, the degree’s structure is broken into three distinct project phases, which take place inthe 2nd and 3rd semesters (phase 1), the 5th and 6th semesters (phase 2) and the 7th semester(phase 3). In each phase, the subjects in the syllabus are designed to compliment each otherand motivate student learning, and the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programme isdesigned to support and correlate with each phase including the project objectives

Conference Session

Learning By Doing in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Glasgow, Kansas State University; David Soldan, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

consists of a question and actual student response from a recentTransport Phenomena 1 final exam (the student was a junior):Gasoline is being pumped 17 miles through nominal 3-inch, schedule-40 steel pipe at arate of 9500 gal/hr. What horsepower will be required if the pump’s efficiency is about75%? ≠ M/ τ The average velocity in the pipe: > V ≅? ρR 2 4571856 therefore, > V ≅? 2 ? 8.9 x107 ft/s. ρ (0.1278) d >V ≅ τ